S5E6: Black Enough? Woke Enough?

Welcome to the sixth episode of our fifth season of Race, Culture
& Beyond: A Naked Conversations Podcast!


In today’s episode, we will be talking a little bit about the
Derek Chauvin trial and the bitter-sweet feeling over it. Even
though the verdict leaves us with relief and sweet emotion, the
fact that we have so much more work to do regarding racism is the
bitter part of it. 


We will also be discussing what it is like to have a “Black card”
and how easily it can feel like we’re losing it if we don’t fit
the “expectations.”


Erica speaks about hilarious experiences, like trying to join a
Facebook group for Black women and actually having to ask her
husband and friends about the correct answers to be able to be a
part of the group.


As for Sage, does she want to be “woke?” Is she?  But what
about liking Black music and influence from growing up in
Philly? 


We also share the definition of woke, and how it
isn’t precisely a term that white people can be entitled to: Stay
woke became a watchword in parts of the black community for those
who were self-aware, questioning the dominant paradigm and
striving for something better. But stay woke and woke became part
of a wider discussion in 2014, immediately following the shooting
of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The word woke became
entwined with the Black Lives Matter movement; instead of just
being a word that signaled awareness of injustice or racial
tension, it became a word of action. Activists were woke and
called on others to stay woke. Merriam-Webster dictionary 


 


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